Operation Steel Hammer

Operation Steel Hammer (6 October 1968) was a United States military operation of the Vietnam War.

Operation
The presence of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) troops in the river valleys of Quang Tri Province was a threat to the security of South Vietnam, who called on MACV-SOG of the United States to counterattack. The SOG faced NVA troops in a jungle and river valley, where they would fight in ambushes. To the advantage of the US, SOG snipers took up positions on a short cliff and fired down on NVA troops at a killzone in the center of the valley underneath a broken bridge. The NVA were picked off one by one, and the SOG killed 150 of them with 127 losses, winning a victory.